Thanks scott06! Plan at the moment is to totally tear the transom out once the drive is out, rebuild it with plywood possibly coosa board, the fiberglass the out side to build it up to the factory transom and cut the alpha drive hole.
Ayuh,...... As someone that's done this quite a few times(restorin' classic hulls, that had stringer power), hold out til ya find the driveline ya want,....
The Alpha, Gen.II has been 'round since 1990, so rotten hulls are 'round with 'em, 'n can be had for under $3500.....
In good runnin' condition, with rotten transoms,....
Once ya get the donor hull, strip out the driveline, 'n cut a big plug outa the transom glass, with the Merc cut-out intact,.....
Determine where, exactly ya want the X dimension, 'n attach the plug outa the donor hull to yer hull, with the crankshaft centerline where it's gotta go,.....
Then from inside the hull, mark out the big OMC hole onto the plug outa the donor hull, pull it off the good hull, cut it outa the plug, 'n use it for the outside skin, glassin' it into the good hull,.....
Now you'll have the cut-out holes where they gotta be, 'n use 'em as a pattern to carve out the new plywood for yer new Merc transom,.....
As noted above, sell off the OMC stuff ya have to somebody still tryin' to get one more lap, outa their OMC,.....
Use that money to buy the driveline ya really want,.....
